1. Although this blog has been quiet as of late, I’ve not been starving. Or not browsing internet forever (especially if you check my Pinterest food board).

2. I thought February was a hard month. March is a little harder food-wise because omg it’s one more month of root vegetables and where are the strawberries and why isn’t anything growing (at least in my garden).

3. Most of the time I have been eating straight from the pantry, which makes it difficult to make up recipes here, because I can’t find a good substitute for pickled peppers or green chile sauce. I can try, though, but it takes time and some testing.

4. Here’s what I have planned, recipe-wise: turnip chowder, cuban black beans and rice, sesame kale, sweet potato almond quinoa casserole (assuming there is any left over to photograph), and my version of chickpea salad.